Good Boys (2019)
This is the third comedy I’ve seen in which someone mistakenly thinks anal beads for a necklace. The fact that I can’t remember the other two films should be an indicator of how memorable...
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
Gore-meister Eli Roth tones his usual style way, way down for The House with a Clock in Its Walls, a PG-rated, semi-Spielbergian big screen adaptation (no surprise, given Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is the production house)...
Chronicle (2012)
Directed by first-timer Josh Trank, this Max Landis (son of famous filmmaker John Landis) scripted story mostly follows the plight of Andrew Detmer (DeHaan), a troubled teen who is bullied at school, abused by...
Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon (1985)
A jumbled mix of various genres popular among African-American moviegoers, Motown king Berry Gordy lent his name and label’s music to this film that blends blaxtploitation, martial arts, and music videos into a lowbrow...
Heathers (1989)
A prescient, blackly comic satire on the effect that school cliques have on youth that can’t seem to fit in, Heathers would jokingly refer to teen angst having a body count. At the time of the...
Mean Girls (2004)
The ultimate irony of a satire about a good girl who pretends to convert to a bad girl in order to undermine the loathsome “in-crowd” but becoming one of them in the process —...
The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
Slowly but surely, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has been crafting a nice little career for himself as a director of atmospheric horror, and El Espinazo del Diablo (or The Devil’s Backbone, as it’s known in the English-language...